Genoa For CD36

[Ed Ward]

I'm thinking about going with a 130 - 150% genoa on my CD 36 instead of the Yankee/Staysail combination.


Here on Long Island Sound with the typical light air summers I think I need the extra sail area and would like to get rid of the inner forestay to better tack the genoa.

I plan to keep the double headsail rig for my offshore work.

Anybody put a genoa on their boat? What size? Any other comments?


Ed Ward
S/V Nirvana



eward@homna.net

[Duane Yoslov]

We have a cutter rigged CD330 and run a Genoa (120%) in the winter when winds fall lighter on the SF Bay. To run the genoa, I remove the staysail from the boom and stay. The inner forestay has a quick release "pelican hook" and I simply tie that off at the mast. It works great!

Let me know if you have any questions...

Duane & Sarah Yoslov
CD330 Mystic
San Francisco Bay

I'm thinking about going with a 130 - 150% genoa on my CD 36 instead of the Yankee/Staysail combination.


Here on Long Island Sound with the typical light air summers I think I need the extra sail area and would like to get rid of the inner forestay to better tack the genoa.

I plan to keep the double headsail rig for my offshore work.

Anybody put a genoa on their boat? What size? Any other comments?


Ed Ward
S/V Nirvana

yoslovd@aol.com

[D. Stump, Hanalei]

Ed,
Before I purchased Hanalei (CD-30) last spring, I had sailed my brother's CD-30 (PreEmption) for three years out of Noank, Ct. He had removed the stays'l and installed a large genoa, maybe 150 or 160. It did OK in light air, but after sailing with the cutter rig this season, I prefer it! Hanalei came with an asymetrical spinaker, that looked like it had only been flown a couple of times. I rigged it up, and in 10 - 15 knots I think it is much better than the genoa alone. The asymetrical is 800 sq. ft.! That triples my sail aloft since the main is about 400+ sq. ft. If I fly the stays'l with the asymetrical, I've even more flags flying. I think the four sail combination gives you much more flexibility than just the genoa/main alone. Also, partially furled genoa's tend to have poor shapes even with the best designed furling luffs.

Just food for thought.....

Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
Hanalei

[sam]

I have a 150% 3.5 oz 'quilt cut' dacron genoa for my CD40 (made by Haarstick). Lovely sail for the proper conditions. Definately see a big difference over the much heaiver Yankee and staysail. I keep the staysail on the stay but with the pelican hook move it and put it out of the way by the mast. Otherwise you need to walk the genny around the stay when tacking. When I am 'cruising' and don't need to tack much (cruisers never go to windward) I just put it up with out moving the staysail. My Yankee is piston hanked and I leave it hanked on and tied to the lifeline. The genny is so light it is easy to flake on deck- and even though it is much bigger than the yankee, it weighs less and stows well. I might add that this sail is one of the main reasons I have stayed with piston hanks. I think it is easier, faster and safer to change sails than with furling. But maybe I am wrong?????

[Dan Blaney]

I'm thinking about going with a 130 - 150% genoa on my CD 36 instead of the Yankee/Staysail combination.


Here on Long Island Sound with the typical light air summers I think I need the extra sail area and would like to get rid of the inner forestay to better tack the genoa.

I plan to keep the double headsail rig for my offshore work.

Ed:

I had made a 160% genoa for my CD 36 (Hull 86) which may seem like a too large sail but with a decent roller furler, the 160 was a pleasure to use.

The sail was cut to reef but I used, many times, just the 160 without main - the boat sailed nicely in light to moderate breezes. Neat for those quick after work sails!

Dan

Anybody put a genoa on their boat? What size? Any other comments?


Ed Ward
S/V Nirvana

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